Bunyi Dalam Bahasa Laos

Chart Showing the Relationship between Syllable Types, Written Tones, and 5-Tone Vientiane Lao

	Smooth/Live Syllables*			Checked/Dead Syllables**
Written Tone Marks	Inherent Tone	Tone 1/	Tone 2/	Long Vowel	Short Vowel
Syllable-Initial Consonant Class
High Class [su4uN] ຂ ສ ຖ ຜ ຝ ຫ	LOW RISING   4	HIGH-MID    #	LOW FALLING   3	LOW    FALLING   3	HIGH RISING   2
Middle Class [kaaN] ກ ຈ ດ ຕ ບ ປ ຢ ອ	LOW RISING   4	HIGH-MID    #	HIGH FALLING    1	LOW   FALLING   3	HIGH RISING   2
Low Class [ta#m] ຄ ຊ ທ ພ ຟ ຮ ງ  ຍ ນ ມ ຣ ລ ວ	HIGH RISING   2	HIGH-MID    #	HIGH FALLING    1	HIGH FALLING   1	HIGH-MID    #

*A syllable that ends in a -p, t, k, or glottal stop is a dead/checked syllable.

**A syllable that ends in a long vowel or a final -m, -n, -ng, y, or w is smooth/live

Source: http://www.seasite.niu.edu/lao/LaoLanguage/LaoAlphabet/Laotones.htm